Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Sympathetic Division: Cervical Rami Communicantes

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Sympathetic Division

Cervical Rami Communicantes

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

Communicating branches between the cervical sympathetic trunk and descendens cervicalis are variable. In one study, the following patterns were noted: communicating branches were found (a) between the superior cervical ganglion and descendens cervicalis; (b) joining C2 and C3; and (c) variably joining the connecting loop between C2 and C3.

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References

Rodrigues, A. (1930) Le descendens cervicalis chez l'homme et chez les mammifères (quelques notes sur son évolution phylogenique). Assoc. Anatomistes Comptes Rendus 25:267-282.

Rodrigues, A. (1930) Communicating branches between the cervical sympathetic and the descendens cervicalis. J. Anat. 64:308-318.

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